Digital Marketing Consultant, Social Media Strategy and Management, Video Production in San Diego, CA

Tag: animal planet

I love social media and have made it a big part of my life by starting my business, Media Melanie. I also love dogs! These are my two rescues, Paco and Maya:

Paco is almost 2 years old and was rescued from Second Chance Dog Rescue of San Diego; he was a Mexican street dog from Tijuana. Maya is about 4 years old and was adopted from the San Diego Humane Society; I have no idea how she ended up there, but I’m glad she ended up with me. They are both a huge part of my life and I wish I could adopt (a lot) more, but I don’t have the ability to do so at the moment. Henceforth:

The past few weeks I’ve casually posted links to adoptable dogs on my Facebook and Twitter profiles. My heart fluttered today when I noticed that a Shiba Inu I had grown fond of and longed to adopt myself finally found a home. It may or may not have had anything to do with my social media efforts, but either way I’m happy and overjoyed when adorable dogs like him are adopted. Since I can’t adopt them myself, I’m promising to be a voice for them by promoting them on Facebook and Twitter as often as I can, in hopes that I can help them find a good home. Here are links to successful social media/adoption campaigns:

What Can You Do?

Please follow me on Twitter@mediamelanie, “Like” me on Facebook and subscribe to my blog on WordPress. When you notice that I’m posting about a dog who needs a home, please RT (retweet) the post or share it with your friends. It’s that simple. A little bit of social media love goes a long way. Sharing is caring!

Together they have allowed for tens of thousands of dogs (and cats) to be saved from high rate kill shelters. Awesome. I wish I had the resources to do what they do. BUT…

With my love of social media and dogs as well as my experience in TV production, I’m ultimately dreaming of getting my own TV show where I go down to the streets of Tijuana, rescue dogs and find them homes. How amazing would that be? All I need is a little bit of support:

Resources to provide a safe and loving location to house the dogs until I find them homes

A strategic partnership with an existing dog rescue, foster program or organization (think Cesar Millan)

An investor to fund a pilot episode

Some really awesome volunteers and animal enthusiasts

Please spread the word to help my dream come true and also to make a difference in the lives of dogs. After all, dogs don’t have a voice of their own. Feel free to add to the idea and comment on this blog, I’d love to hear what you think.